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bust

English

  1. 🔊 lacking funds
    “`skint' is a British slang term”
  2. 🔊 an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
    “they went on a bust that lasted three days”
  3. 🔊 a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
  4. 🔊 the chest of a woman
  5. 🔊 a complete failure
    “the play was a dismal flop”
  6. 🔊 break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
    “The dam burst”
  7. 🔊 ruin completely
    “He busted my radio!”
  8. 🔊 search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
    “The police raided the crack house”
  9. 🔊 go to pieces
    “The lawn mower finally broke”
  10. 🔊 separate or cause to separate abruptly
    “The rope snapped”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 busto bust
  2. 🔊 cagar to bust
  3. 🔊 tronar to bust, ruin (person)

Similar words

tear binge bout female chest flop fizzle burst break wear wear out fall apart break tear rupture snap raid broke skint stone-broke stony-broke abase abasement ado apprehend